Sons of Butcher (TV series)
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Sons of Butcher | |
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Genre | Black comedy Satire Rock music Adult animation Sitcom Musical |
Created by | Dave Dunham, Trevor Ziebarth, Jay Ziebarth |
Directed by | Karl DiPelino |
Starring | Dave Dunham, Trevor Ziebarth, Jay Ziebarth |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 27 (1 special) |
Production | |
Running time | 22–23 minutes (seasons 1–2), 68 minutes (TV special), and 12 minutes (season 3) |
Production companies | S&S Productions (seasons 1–2, and TV special) |
Original release | |
Network | The Detour On Teletoon |
Release | August 5, 2005[1] – January 12, 2007[2] |
Network | The Detour On Teletoon |
Release | May 18, 2007 (TV special) |
Network | Patreon |
Release | 2019 or 2021 |
Sons of Butcher (stylized as Sonz of Butcher) was a
Premise
The show follows the exploits of Sol Butcher, Ricky Butcher, and Doug Borski, who operate a successful butcher shop called "Sons of Butcher Quality Meats" in the slums of Steeltown, a city modelled after Hamilton, Ontario. When not tending to the shop, they play together at various venues in a Rock band, naturally called "Sons of Butcher".
It was announced on April 28, 2007 that
A petition was started to renew the show for another season, taking donations from fans.
Main characters
Solsolido Ron "Sol" Butcher
Sol is the current owner of the butcher shop and the eldest and strongest of the three siblings. He inherited the shop from their father, Arpo Butcher, who died in an unfortunate accident involving a meat grinder. Sol is a recovering alcoholic, and is unable to drink even a small amount of non-alcoholic liquor without going on a massive drinking binge that causes him to grow a thick beard in an instant and run through the city streets wearing nothing but a green thong. Despite his gruff attitude, Sol is the friendliest of the trio, affectionately referring to anyone he likes as "buds"; he only seems to have a short temper around Ricky, who often shows a rebellious attitude towards his authority as an older sibling.
Sol writes songs for the band sometimes and has a habit of speaking in malapropisms. Sol's stupidity has had some consequences, as in one episode Sol (mistaking both the point and spelling of I.O.U.s). inadvertently becomes an infamous robber in Steeltown. Sol has had a few romantic interests in the series, including a woman named Sherry (whom he had literally dreamed about) and Jaco's daughter Suncheeps (whom he broke up with upon discovering she snored monstrously when she slept). He has gone to extreme lengths to earn their affections, including stealing massive amounts of coal in the hopes of making them into diamonds, and encasing himself in a feta cheese sculpture of Aphrodite to gain Jaco's respect. Despite owning the butcher shop, Sol has worked in a few other jobs over the series, such as a prison chef (while incarcerated), cruise ship worker, and small-time actor.
Sol apparently has a name for each of his nuts; one is named Terry and the other one Berry.
Rickence Raine Ronnie R. "Ricky" Butcher
Ricky is Sol's clinically obese younger brother. He seems to suffer from several
Although Ricky technically works at the butcher shop, he actually does very little work, and happily abandons his post there every time a better opportunity comes up. He has, in such cases found other work as a police officer/vigilante, steel worker, and a member of the frequently changing in tone band Feedbag. Ricky is violent and confrontational, but clearly makes a poor physical combatant, once receiving a bloody hole in his chest from Jaco, and being physically overpowered by three old women until thrashing blindly at them (all while wearing protective foam body armor).
Ricky dyes his hair later on in the series, explaining why his hair is a different color of that of his brother or father.
Dougland Peyronie "Doug" Borski
Doug is the 18-year-old janitor of the Sons of Butcher meat shop, hired by late proprietor Arpo Butcher. He was raised in Africa by a tribe of aborigines, and his adoptive parents were devoured by a 5-legged lion moments after revealing they weren't his real parents. After Doug failed his rite of manhood firewalk, the tribe banished him to Canada, where he found a job as a janitor. Doug has a vast collection of pornography and is obsessed with cleaning any and all filth.
Doug is often heard speaking in
Doug is also addicted to
Arpo Butcher
Sol and Ricky's late father, was killed in a meat-grinding accident. Much like his eldest son, he was a heavy drinker as well, and frequently abused and insulted the boys when they were young (according to recurring
Arpo's spirit briefly returns once to possess a
In one of Sol's flashbacks, it is shown that his dad used to towel whip him for not being able to pee in public, which in turn traumatized Sol up to his adult life making him "pee shy." Arpo's body is seen as being considerably overweight, and he has a long beard.
Recurring characters
Jean-Guy
A muscle-bound French-Canadian man who occasionally appears as a friend to the Butchers. He first appears as a carnival ride operator, using marijuana smoke to enhance the experience. On one occasion, Jean-Guy gives Ricky steroids to improve his physical condition, but Ricky quickly abandons them when he discovers that they've massively shrunk his testicles. It was Jean-Guy who forced Sol to try to overcome his pee shyness by peeing in a public urinal at a rock concert.
Good Cop
A black person wearing a white shirt and grey slacks, always with the bad cop; his punch line is "What my partner is trying to say is..."
Bad Cop / Digs
A white, muscular man with long brown hair, always punching people, which then is followed by the Good Cop's punch line. He wears a red shirt. He is briefly referred to as "Digs."
Guest stars
- Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) makes an appearance in Season 2 as Rudy the psychic janitor, and Joseph.
- Pat Mastroianni appears as Parsons, the womanizing metrosexual stud.
- Jeff Wincott appears as Ram Punchington, the martial arts action star, and a character that was based on Jeff Wincott himself.
- Karl DiPelino appears as Karl, the production assistant.
Episodes
This section needs a plot summary. (June 2020) |
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | August 5, 2005 | October 28, 2005 | |
2 | 13 | October 20, 2006 | January 12, 2007 |
Season 1 (2005)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Buryin' the Past" | August 5, 2005 |
2 | 2 | "Huntin' the Legend" | August 12, 2005 |
3 | 3 | "Livin' the Dream" | August 19, 2005 |
4 | 4 | "Findin' the Nuts" | August 26, 2005 |
5 | 5 | "Losin' the Love" | September 2, 2005 |
6 | 6 | "Fishin' the Hole" | September 9, 2005 |
7 | 7 | "Savin' the Shop" | September 16, 2005 |
8 | 8 | "Doin' the Time" | September 23, 2005 |
9 | 9 | "Suckin' the Soul" | September 30, 2005 |
10 | 10 | "Payin' the Bills" | October 7, 2005 |
11 | 11 | "Lovin' the Granny" | October 14, 2005 |
12 | 12 | "Walkin' the Dog" | October 21, 2005 |
13 | 13 | "Rockin' the Boat" | October 28, 2005 |
Season 2 (2006–07)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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14 | 1 | "Readin' the Bowl" | October 20, 2006 |
15 | 2 | "Hittin' the Rez" | October 27, 2006 |
16 | 3 | "Scalpin' the Ticket" | November 3, 2006 |
17 | 4 | "Handlin' the Bike" | November 10, 2006 |
18 | 5 | "Fightin' the Greek" | November 17, 2006 |
19 | 6 | "Firin' the Band" | November 24, 2006 |
20 | 7 | "Workin' the Steel" | December 1, 2006 |
21 | 8 | "Ridin' the Rocket" | December 8, 2006 |
22 | 9 | "Chasin' the Demon" | December 15, 2006 |
23 | 10 | "Playin' the Part" | December 22, 2006 |
24 | 11 | "Teachin' the Touches" | December 29, 2006 |
25 | 12 | "Spinnin' the Yarn" | January 5, 2007 |
26 | 13 | "Birthin' the Messiah" | January 12, 2007 |
Song listing
Not all songs listed below have been released. However, all have been featured at some point in an episode of the Sons of Butcher animated series.
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References
- Teletoon. Toon Zone. June 23, 2005. Archivedfrom the original on December 10, 2013.
- ^ "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02.[dead link] Alt URL